Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32196-467-5
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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.2 Definition of Vector Spaces - Problems - Page 262: 5

Answer

Both $(A_1) $ and $(A_2)$ fails

Work Step by Step

$(A_1)$ Let $f(x)=a_0+a_1 x+a_2 x^2 \;\;\; \in S$ $g(x)=b_0+b_1 x+b_2 x^2 \;\;\; \in S$ By definition of $S$ $\Rightarrow a_0+a_1+a_2=1$______(1) $\Rightarrow b_0+b_1+b_2=1$______(2) $f(x)+g(x)=(a_0+b_0)+(a_1+b_1) x+(a_2+b_2) x^2$ Let $f(x)+g(x)=c_0+c_1 x+c_2 x^2$ Where $c_i=a_i+b_i$ Consider $c_0+c_1+c_2=(a_0+b_0)+(a_1+b_1)+(a_2+b_2)$ Because all $a_i$ and $b_i$ are real numbers $c_0+c_1+c_2=(a_0+a_1+a_2) + (b_0+b_1+b_2)$ From (1) and (2) $c_0+c_1+c_2=1+1=2$ So by definition of $S$ , $f(x)+g(x)$ is not in $S$ $\Rightarrow S$ is not closed with respect to addition. $(A_2)$ Because we may choose scalars from set of real numbers In particular , Let $\lambda =5$ be a scalar and $f(x)=1-x+x^2 \:\in S$ $5.f(x)=5.(1-x+x^2)=5-5x+5x^2$ But sum of coefficients of $5.f(x)$ is 5$\neq 1$ So $5.f(x)$ is not in $S$ $\Rightarrow S$ is not closed with respect to scalar multiplication
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